Takahashi Minami is a Japanese idol singer. She is a member of AKB48's Team A. She was captain of Team A, as well as the General Manager (soukantoku) of the AKB48 Group, which includes all AKB48's Sister Groups. On December 8, 2014, she announced her graduation from AKB48, her graduation concert will be held from March 26th-27th, 2016 with her last theater performance on April 8th, 2016.

Trivia

Has two cats and had a dog named Ryu. Although she owns (Ten and Hi two, she has an allergy to cats.

Likes all animals, but cats are her favorite.

Her favorite book is Uncle Tom.

She likes the mangas NANA and One Piece.

Her favorite anime movie is Crayon Shin-chan: Calling the Storm; Battle of the Warring States.

Would like to be a voice actress in the future.

Likes music by Flumpool, Aqua Timez, w-inds, and Nakamori Akina.

She wants to visit Egypt.

Likes indoors better than outdoors.

Sensitive to both warmth and cold.

Her favorite seasons are spring and autumn.

Claims to be quite stubborn, and bad at giving up.

Feels happy at times when she can just relax, which she does by closing her eyes.

Her ideal female image is a person that looks perfect, but isn't.

She has three conditions that she looks for in a guy. Someone who is taller than her, funny and someone who manages money well. Also, she likes guys who wear suits, and thinks it is dreamy when they're fixing their collars.

Eats an apple every day to stay healthy.

Little Takamina wants to be a cabbage

Dislikes eating sushi, broccoli, and tomatoes (which ironically was her costume as a Veggie Ranger).

In episode 26 of AKBINGO!, it was revealed that she also dislikes plum.

Loves katsudon, and eats it when she wants to get pumped up. Also, she would eat mother's katsudon for her last meal. She even has a katsudon year pass for Hotto Motto.

As seen on AKB 1ji 59fun (one of their TV shows), she can't skip properly.

As revealed in AKBINGO! (one of their TV shows), she is very sensitive and would be one of the first to start to cry on an emotional scene such as Bad Boys' Kyoto Oomizu's (MC of AKBINGO!) "wedding announcement" and "reunion with his mother".

Takahashi Minami vs. The Chairs

Takamina's most popular Dokkiri

She is a constant target for Dokkiris (hidden camera pranks that are popular on Japanese variety shows).

When she was given the challenge for to perform Rakugo in a no3b's Kimi Shika Promotional Event, she was given the name "Harukaze Konami" as her Rakugo stage name.

As revealed to her in AKBINGO! (July 7, 2010), the only reason Takamina passed the initial written auditions was because of her height (148.5cm) and her birthdate (4/8/1991) both having the numbers 4 and 8.

During a segment in AKBINGO!, it was revealed that since their last check-up, she has been troubled by the result that she lost 5mm (in height, from 148.5cm to 148cm). In addition, during the EX-Episode for Majisuka Gakuen 2, she learned that Ichikawa Miori became taller than her [5].

The Rock City Boy【PVフルver.】／JAMIL

The Rock City Boy feat. Takamina

She appeared in The Rock City Boy PV of American-born Pop Singer JAMIL.